CANUCKS ONLINE PRESS BOX The Canucks Online Press Box can be accessed at http://www.canucks.com/mediarelationsLOGIN: media.relations@canucks.comPASSWORD: Canucks1970Media members can also follow us on Twitter (@CanucksPR) for in-game stat updates and up-to-the minute schedule information. GAME PREVIEW: CANUCKS VS BRUINSThe Canucks play the second of a four-game homestand with a matchup against the Boston Bruins. Tonight marks the first of twomeetings between these two teams this season. Vancouver visits TD Garden on January 21st. The Canucks are 4-1-0 against the Bruins in the last five games played. Vancouver swept the season series in 2014.15 winning bothcontests and outscoring the Bruins 7-3.Player Notes vs BOS

Matt Bartkowski played parts of five seasons with the Bruins registering 24 assists (0-24-24) over 131 games

Chris Higgins' career-high for points in a game (1-3-4) came in a game against the Bruins on Mar. 22/07

Ryan Miller's 100th career game (Jan. 15/07) and 600th career game (Feb. 13/15) came against the Bruins

Ryan Miller has a .709 win percentage in his career versus Boston; it is the highest win percentage versus any Eastern Conference

opponent

Daniel Sedin played in his 100th career game versus Boston

Yannick Weber registered his first NHL goal/point (Feb. 9/11) versus the Bruins; Weber's career-high for points in a game (1-2-3)

came in a game against Boston on Feb. 9/11 LAST MEETING FEB. 24/15 - CANUCKS 2 at BRUINS 1Ryan Stanton tied the game with his third goal of the season...Zack Kassian scored for the 3rd straight game (including his 2nd straightGWG)...Eddie Lack made 40 saves.

LAST GAME Dec. 3/15 - CANUCKS 2 VS STARS 4

Alex Edler opened the scoring with an assist from H. Sedin and D. Sedin... Jannik Hansen tied the game 2-2 with a backhand tally at5:31 into the third period...Ryan Miller made 30 saves...Ronalds Kenins registered a game-high six hits in his season debut. RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Daniel Sedin has 18 points (8-10-18) in the last 12 games. He recently had a seven game point streak from Nov. 14-27; it was the

longest point streak of any Canucks player this season and his longest since a seven game streak from Oct. 22 - Nov. 5/13. He

currently leads the team and ranks in the top-10 in the League in points (28), goals (12), assists (16), ppg (5) and ppp (11).

Henrik Sedin has 17 points (5-12-17) in the last 12 games. He recently had a six game point streak from Nov. 16-27. He also had a

five game point streak earlier this season from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7. Last season, the Captain recorded points in three or more

consecutive games on 10 different occasions. Henrik ranks in the top-10 in the NHL in points (26), assists (18), and ppp (10).

Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:27) and has led the team in that category in 23 of 26 games he's played, including 14 games

where he's led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 17th in the NHL in TOI/GP.

Jake Virtanen ranks third on the team and third among NHL rookies in hits with 53.

Chris Tanev leads the team and ranks tied for fifth in the League in blocked shots with 68. His defence partner Alex Edler ranks

12th in the NHL with 56 blocked shots. TWIN MAGIC

TWIN-ING

Henrik and Daniel Sedin have played in 583 wins together.

According to ESB, since 1990.91 the only pairs of teammates to play in more wins together are Niklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper (664); and Lidstrom and

Tomas Holmstrom (599).

NOVEMBER REIGN

In the month of November, the Sedins combined for 35 points (Daniel registered 8-10-18 while Henrik collected 6-11-17). According to ESB, it is the

most points the Sedins have combined for in a calendar month since December 2011, when they tallied 39 points together (10-7-17 for Daniel; and 2-20-

22 for Henrik).

2015.16 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS (LATEST)

Individual Highs -

GamePlayer Number Date Opponent Location

Goals D. Sedin 3 21-Nov Blackhawks Vancouver

Assists H. Sedin 4 21-Nov Blackhawks Vancouver

Points H. Sedin 5 21-Nov Blackhawks Vancouver

Shots D. Sedin 8 22-Nov Devils Vancouver

Blocked ShotsChris Tanev

(Twice)6 14-Nov Maple Leafs Toronto

HitsVirtanen/Cracknell/

Bartkowski (3x)7 30-Nov Ducks

Anaheim (Bartkow

ski)

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHINGThe Canucks have had seven different players make their NHL debut this season (Grenier, Shinkaruk, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton,Gaunce, and Pedan). According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is the most number of players to make their NHL debut for the Canucks ina single season since six players did so during the 2007.08 season.The last season where more than six players made their NHL debut in a single season for the Canucks was in 1999.00 (eight players).The club record for NHL debuts in a single season is 11 which occurred during the 1973.74 season. Here is a look at firsts from this year's crop of rookies:

CANUCKS MILESTONES REACHED

Jannik Hansen registered his 200th career point with a goal, Dec. 3 vs DAL

Adam Cracknell appeared in his 100th game, Nov. 27 at DAL

Daniel Sedin recorded his 900th career point, Nov. 21 vs CHI

Alex Edler recorded his 200th career assist, Nov. 21 vs CHI

Alex Burrows (180) surpassed Greg Adams in 12th place for most goals in club history, Nov. 21 vs CHI

Alex Edler surpassed Brendan Morrison (127) for sole possession of 8th in PPP in franchise history with an assist on the PP, Nov. 14 at TOR ON THE RADAR...

Jannik Hansen is 3 games from 500 in his career

Radim Vrbata is 4 games from 900 in his career

Brandon Sutter is 9 assists from 100 and 7 points from 200 in his career

Bo Horvat is 5 games from 100 in his career

Alex Edler is 6 games from 600 in his career

Chris Higgins is 9 games from 700 in his career

Dan Hamhuis is 7 points from 300 in his career

Alex Edler is 1 assist away from ranking 20th in franchise history (Petri Skriko sits at 20th with 202)

Alex Edler is 1 PPG from surpassing Rick Lanz (37) for sole possession of second place for most PPG by a Canucks defenceman

Face Off Wins H. Sedin 20 8-Nov Devils New Jersey

Plus/Minus Hansen +5 10-Nov Blue Jackets Columbus

PIMDorsett

(Twice)/Prust15 8-Nov Devils

New Jersey

(Dorsett)

Player 1st NHL Game 1st NHL Point 1st NHL Goal

Jared McCann Oct. 7 at CGY Oct. 10 vs CGY (goal) Oct. 10 vs CGY

Jake Virtanen Oct. 13 at LA Oct. 27 vs MTL Nov. 2 vs PHI

Ben Hutton Oct. 7 at CGY Oct. 7 at CGY

Brendan Gaunce Oct. 29 at DAL Oct. 30 at ARI (goal) Oct. 30 at ARI

Hunter Shinkaruk Nov. 16 at MTL

Alex Grenier Nov. 18 at WPG

Andrey Pedan Dec. 1 at LA

Alex Burrows is 3 goals from surpassing Ryan Kesler in 11th for most in club history TEAM NOTES QUICK HITS (through Dec. 4)

Vancouver has scored at least one power play goal in nine of the last 11 games, including at least one power play goal in eight

consecutive games from Nov. 12-27. According to ESB, the last time the Canucks went 8 straight games with a PPG in the same

season was Dec. 28 - Jan. 15/96. The Canucks also had a PPG in 8 straight games over a span of two seasons from Apr. 14 - Oct.

19/99.

Vancouver has had 18 different goal scorers this season, tied for fifth most in the League.

The Canucks players aged 23 or younger that have appeared in the lineup thus far (Baertschi, Horvat, Hutton, Virtanen, McCann,

Gaunce, Shinkaruk, and Pedan) have accounted for 19.4% of points (37), 16.9% of goals (12) and 20.8% of assists (25), for the

team this season

The Canucks 71 goals on the year are t-10th most in the NHL 2015.16 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

Willie Desjardins became the 18th Head Coach in Canucks history on June 23, 2014.Desjardins served as Head Coach of Texas for two seasons compiling a 91-40-21 (.667) regular season record in 152 AHL games and led theStars to a Calder Cup Championship in 2014. He was awarded the Louis A. R. Pieri Award in 2013. Desjardins also served as an AssociateCoach with Dallas for two years.From 2002-2010 Desjardins was Head Coach of Medicine Hat (WHL) adding the role of GM in 2005. Desjardins twice led the Tigers toWHL championships in 2003.04 and 2006.07 seasons. In two Memorial Cup berths Desjardins Tigers advanced to the Finals once in 2007.Desjardins was awarded the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy (WHL) and presented with the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award (CHL). Internationally, Desjardins has represented Canada as Head Coach in 2010 (silver) and Assistant Coach in 2009 (gold) at the World JuniorChampionships. He was Assistant Coach for the Canadian national mens team in 1999.

TONIGHTS GAME - The Bruins visit the Canucks tonight in the 1st of 2 games between these teams this season and the Bruins lone visit this season toRogers Arena The Bruins are 13-8-3 overall and are 8-2-2 on the road They are 2-1-2 vs. Pacific Division teams and are 4-4-2 vs.Western Conference opponents.- The Bruins are closing tonight a 3-game road trip.- They are concluding tonight their 3rd of 11 sets of back-to-back games this season, as they played in Calgary last night They arecurrently 1-1-1 in the 1st games and 2-0-0 in the 2nd games.- They are playing tonight game 3 of their 2nd and game 2 of their 3rd of 12 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season They arecurrently 0-1-2 in the 1st game, 0-1-1 in the 2nd and 1-0-0 in game 3s. RECENT GAMES - The Bruins had their season-high 5-game win streak stopped in Edmonton on Wednesday but enter tonights game on a season-best7-game point streak at 5-0-2 Their last point streak of 7-or-more games was a 7-0-1 stretch from Feb. 27-Mar. 14 of last season. - Nov. 27 vs NYR, 4-3W: Patrice Bergeron opened the scoring but the Bruins then overcame 1-2 and 2-3 deficits on goals by BrettConnolly, Ryan Spooner to tie the game before David Krejci netted the GWG with 1:43 remaining in regulation Tuukka Rask earnedhis season-high 3rd straight win in net SOG: Bos 34; NYR 27 PP: 2/3 PK: 1/3- Dec. 2 at EDM, 3-2SOL: The Bruins twice came back from 1-goal deficits on scores by Torey Krug and Zdeno Chara, but fell in theshootout to the Oilers Tuukka Rask extended his point streak to 4 games at 3-0-1 SOG: Bos 40; Edm 38 PP: 0/2 PK: 0/5- Dec. 4 at CGY, 5-4OTL: Calgary took a 2-0 lead but Matt Beleskey scored to get within 1 by the end of the 1st period The teamscombined for 3 goals in 0:46 early in the 2nd to even the game at 3-3 and it remained at that score until a Brad Marchand shorthandedpenalty shot goal gave Boston a 4-3 lead with 1:06 to play in regulation The Flames sent the game into OT with 1.2 on the clock andJohnny Gaudreau completed his hat trick with a goal at 3:20 of OT Tuukka Rask (2 GA/25 SA in 41 Mins) took the OTL in relief ofJonas Gustavsson (3 GA/11 SA in 22 Mins) SOG: Bos 38; Cgy 36 PP: 0/1 PK: 0/4 INJURIES - Kevan Miller Concussion.- David Pastrnak Foot, IR.- Chris Kelly Broken left femur suffered Nov. 3 vs. DAL, IR. UPCOMING MILESTONES - Brad Marchand is expected to play his 400th NHL game tonight.- Patrice Bergeron is 2 points shy of tying Milt Schmidt for 11th place on the Bruins all-time scoring list with 575 career points. BOSTON vs. VANCOUVER, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Canucks are meeting for the 114th time in their franchise histories with the Bruins having a 69-28-15-1 record and447-317 scoring advantage in those games.- The Bruins are 29-19-8-0 in their 56 road games of this lifetime series with a 219-183 scoring edge in those contests.- The Bruins have lost their last 2 games and are 4-4-1 in their last 9 games overall vs. Vancouver with their last win over the Canucksa 3-1 victory in Boston on Feb. 4, 2014 They have lost their last 2 games in Vancouver as well and are 4-3-0 in their last 7 visits tothe Canucks with their last road win vs. Vancouver a 3-1 win on Feb. 26, 2011. NUMBERS 4: Straight games in which the either the game-tying or game-winning goal has been scored with less than 4 minutes remaining inregulation (Colin Miller, GTG 18:16 at DET; David Krejci, GWG 18:17 vs NYR; Zdeno Chara, GTG 16:39 at EDM; Cgy, GTG at 19:58). 40: Multiple-point games by a Bruin this season, led by Loui Eriksson with 7.

Boston Bruins: Media Notes

2: Straight games on this road trip in which the Bruins have allowed the 1st goal of the game after striking first in 10 of their previous 11contests. 1: Bostons power play ranking overall in the NHL with a 31.0% proficiency (22 goals on 71 opportunities) They have scored at least1 power play goal in 15 of their 23 games this season including 5 games in which they have had multiple-power play strikes. 26 of 27: Boston penalty kills over their last 7+ games (96.3%). 13: Power play points by Patrice Bergeron (5-8=13), which leads the NHL. 16: Of their last 19 games in which the Bruins have scored a 1st period goal (19 goals), with only scoreless 1sts on Nov. 14 vs. DET,Nov. 21 vs. TOR & Dec. 2 at EDM That included 10 straight games from Oct. 21-Nov. Nov. 12, which was their longest such singleperiod stretch since a 12-game 1st period streak from Feb. 10-Mar. 8 of last season. 7: Out of 72 regulation periods in Bruins games this season in which there have been no goals scored The Bruins have been heldwithout a goal in a period 21 times this season and have held their opponents scoreless on 29 occasions, but there have only been 7periods without fans seeing at least 1 goal Bostons Nov. 21 game vs. TOR was their 1st this season to go into the 3rd period withfewer than 2 total goals scored in the game. 168-11-8: Bostons record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game, including an 11-2-1 record in thatsituation this season That extends to 101-1-2 over that span when they have led by 3 goals. 152-10-12: Bostons record since the start of the 2010-11 season when they have carried a lead into the third period. 84-40-9: Bostons record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a fighting penalty. +195: Zdeno Charas career plus/minus, which is the best of active defensemen and is 5th overall among all active players. +106 / +104: Cumulative plus/minus ratings of Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand, respectively, since the start of the 2011-12season which rank 1st & 2nd in the NHLs over that span. 11: Players who have played their 1st games as Bruins this season Matt Beleskey, Jimmy Hayes, Matt Irwin, Joonas Kemppainenand Zac Rinaldo on Oct. 8 vs. WPG; Colin Miller on Oct. 10 vs. MTL; Jonas Gustavsson, Tyler Randell and Tommy Cross on Oct. 14 atCOL; Frank Vatrano on Nov. 7 at MTL; and Landon Ferraro on Nov. 23 at TOR with Kemppainen, Miller, Randell, Cross and Vatranoall playing their 1st NHL contests Randell, Kemppainen, Miller and Vatrano have also scored their 1st NHL goals this season, withRandells and Vatranos coming in their 1st NHL games. 28: Career shutouts by Tuukka Rask That puts him in sole possession of 4th place on the teams all-time shutouts list (Tim Thomasis in 3rd w/31). 266: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season and playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden Their last non-sellout game was on12/2/09 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553. DID YOU KNOW? - Tyler Randell scored his 1st 2 career goals in his 1st 2 games on his 1st 2 shots He is the 1st Bruin to score in his NHL debut sinceBlake Wheeler on Oct. 9, 2008 at COL and is the 1st Bruin to score in each of his 1st 2 games played since Dmitri Kvartalnov openedhis career w/a 5-game goal streak in 1992 Frank Vatrano also scored his 1st NHL goal in his 1st NHL game this season.- Jimmy Hayes had a goal and 3 assists at COL on Oct. 14 It was a career-high for both assists and points in a game and was the1st 4-pt gm by a Bruin since Loui Eriksson had 4 assists vs. PHI on Apr. 5, 2014.- David Krejcis 9-game point streak from Oct. 8-30 (7-8=15 totals) was the longest point streak by a Bruin to open a season since1992-93, when both Joe Juneau (7-15=22 totals) and Dmitri Kvartalnov (12-10=22 totals) had points in each of their 1st 14 contests.- Colin Miller had a 6-game point streak from Oct. 27-Nov. 7 (1-5=6 totals), which was the longest point streak by a Boston rookiedefenseman since Matt Hunwicks 6-game stretch from Nov. 17-28, 2008.- The Bruins opened the season with wins in their 1st 5 road games, which matched the longest road win streak to open a season inclub history (also 2010-11), and was their longest road win streak since a club-record 9 games from Mar. 2-30, 2014.

- Loui Eriksson scored his 1st hat trick as a Bruin (3rd career) on Nov. 19 vs. MIN in a span of 16:37 That was the fastest hat trick bya Bruin since Mar. 18, 2006 (Brad Boyes vs. CAR in 9:20).- Brad Marchand took Bostons 1st penalty shot of the season Dec. 4 at CGY, scoring shorthanded vs. Karri Ramo He is now 2 for 3in career penalty shots taken. FUN FACTS - The Bruins currently have 23 players on their active roster (Kelly, Pastrnak, on IR) 6 were drafted by the team, 9 were acquired intrade, 7 were signed as free agents and 1 was claimed off waivers.- The Bruins play 9 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) and they are currently 0-1-0 in those games.- The Bruins play 11 sets of back-to-back games this season They are 1-1-1 in the 1st games and 2-0-0 in the 2nd games.- They play 12 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season They are 0-1-2 in the 1st game, 0-1-1 in the 2nd and 1-0-0 in game 3s.- The Bruins wear their 3rd uniform system in 13 games this season (2-1-0) and wear their Winter Classic uniforms on 3 occasions (0-0-0).- The Bruins are playing a 14-game December schedule (8 hm/6 rd, 0-0-2) They will play 13 games in January (6/7), 14 in February(6/8), 14 in March (6/8) and 5 in April (3/2) They went 6-3-1 in October and 7-5-0 in November. RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Nov. 21: Max Talbot recalled from Providence/AHL.Nov. 22: Landon Ferraro claimed off waivers from Detroit.Nov. 30: Max Talbot returned to Providence/AHL. DECEMBER BIRTHDAY 9: Joe Morrow turns 23

2015-16: Enters tonights game with a 483-286-10-105 record in 884 NHL games coached (.611 win %age), including a 364-200-82 mark in646 games behind the Boston bench (.627 win %age) ... Coach's challenges: 1/5 (N-10/10 vs MTL; N-10/17 at ARI; Y-11/7 at MTL; N-11/17 vsSJ; N-12/4 at CGY).Fun Facts: Is in his 9th season behind the Boston bench which is the longest of any NHL coach with his current team ... The Bruins have had15 win streaks of 5-or-more games under his tenure behind the bench ... Has been named an Assistant Coach for Team Canada for the 2016World Cup of Hockey.

2015-16: Has a 5-gm point streak at 3-0-2 including his 28th NHL shutout & 2nd of the season in a 2-0 win vs TOR on 11/21 & a 5-4 OTL 12/4in CGY in relief of Jonas Gustavsson ... He has moved past Ed Johnston into 4th place on the team's all-time shutout list (Tim Thomas in 3rdw/31) ... Shutouts: 2 (6-0 vs ARI, 10/27; 2-0 vs TOR, 11/21) ... Backup: 6 ... Inj: 0. 2014-15: Played a career-high 70 games which tied the club record for games by a goaltender ... Hit the 30-win mark for the 2nd time in hiscareer and allowed 2 goals or fewer in 42 of his 64 complete games ... Had 3 shutouts. Fun Fact: Is currently 3rd in career GAA (2.21) and 2nd in Sv% (.925) of all active goaltenders w/50-or-more career gp... Has faced 6 careerregular season penalty shots (2 GA).

2015-16: Did not earn a decision in his last start, allowing 3G on 11 shots in 22 mins 12/4 at CGY before being relieved by Tuukka Rask ... Hadwon his previous 2 starts w/the 4-2 win vs. MIN on 11/19 in his 1st home start as a Bruin & a 3-2 OT win at DET 11/25 ... Won his 1st 3 gms asa Bruin ... Shutouts: 0 ... Backup: 17 ... Inj: 0. 2014-15: Injuries limited him to just 7 NHL gms w/DET where he went 3-3-1 including 1 shutout ... Also played 2 gms w/Grand Rapids of theAHL. Fun Fact: Was signed by the Bruins as a free agent on Oct. 4 after coming to training camp on a PTO ... BOS becomes his 3rd NHL tm (TOR,DET).

2014-15: Hit the 20-goal mark for the 5th time in his career and finished 2nd in the team's scoring race w/22-25=47 totals ... 16 of his 22 goals either tiedthe score within a game or gave the Bruins the lead. Fun Facts: His 8 OT goals scored since the start of the 2008-09 season rank tied for 2nd (Stamkos) and trailing only Ovechkin (10) over that span ...Entered this season having scored 10-or-more goals in 8 straight seasons, the longest such current streak on the team.

2014-15: Hit the 20-goal mark for the 6th time in his career & won his 3rd team scoring title ... Led NHL in faceoff %age (60.2%) & wins (1175) ... 19 ofhis 23 goals either tied the score within a game or gave the Bruins a lead ... Won his 3rd Selke Trophy. Fun Fact: His +106 rating and 59.3% faceoff proficiency since the start of the 2011-12 season are the league's bests over that span in those categories... He and his wife Stephanie welcomed son Zack on Oct. 21.

2014-15: Injuries limited him to 47 gp, his lowest full-season total since breaking into the NHL to stay in 2007-08.Fun Fact: 3 of his 10 career multi-goal gms have been hat tricks ... His 9-gm pt streak to open this season was the longest by a Bruin from the start of ayear since 1992-93 (Juneau & Kvartalnov, 14 gms each).

2014-15: Spent most of the season in Providence/AHL w/4 stints in Boston ... Scored his 1st NHL goal w/the GWG Apr. 2 at DET. Fun Fact: Started the season on an NHL roster for the 1st time in his 4th full pro season